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2 SheetsSheet 2. W. G. BARNES: Riding-Cultivator.

No. 206,763. Patented Aug. 6 1878.

Jm PROTO-LITHOGRAgH R. WASHINGTON. D C

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WVALTER G. BARNES, OF FREEPOR'T, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVE Meat in: RiQtNG-CULTWATO as.

Specil'zcalion Forming part of Letters Patent No. 201L763. dated August6, 187 application filed February 28, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

to it known that I, WALTER G. Bannns, of Freeport, in the county ofStephenson and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Riding-Cultivators; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, which fornrapart of this specification, and in which Figure l is aside elevation,one of the wheels having been removed-to better show the constructionand combination of parts. Fig. 2. is a top plan. Fig. 3 is a rearelevation. Fig. 4 is a detail side view of the rose and link foradjusting the seat-bars and seat. Fig. 5 is a detail rear View of thesame and Figs. '6- and 7 are perspective views of the rose-plates forsecuring the seat-bar link or crank in any given position.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

My invention relates to riding corn-cultivators; and consists in animproved construction, arrangement, and combination of parts,substantially as hereinafter more fully described, and pointed out inthe claims.

In the two sheets of drawings hereto an nexed, A is the tongue, which isof a V shape, as usual in this class of cultivators, and is bolted orotherwise firmly secured to th e under side of the axle B. O G aretheseat-bars, which rest loosely upon the axle, and have secured, at thepoint where they converge, the seat 0. The front ends of each of theseat-bars G C are perforated to admit of the insertion of a bolt, 0; andd d are two wedgeshaped castings, each of which is provided with sideflanges d d, which project over beam 0, one on each side thereof, asshown more clearly in Fig. 5, so as to hold this casting firmly inposition on the beam. Bolt 0 passes through aperforation inthiswedgeshaped piece (I, and also through a hole in the connecting linkor arm D, which is secured on the outer side of the wedge-plate d by thenut e.

The lower end of link D, which is provided with a series of boltholes, ff f, is inserted .between the rose-plates E and E, the construction ofwhich will be readily understood by referei-ice to Figs. 6 and 7, whichshow these two plates detached from each other.

The inner plate, E, is provided with flanges like thewedge-plate d, forreceiving the tongue beam A, to the inner rear end of which it issecured by a bolt, 9, one on each beam. The contiguous face of the outerplate, E, has a recess or depression, 71, of a width and depthcorresponding to the width and thickness of link I), so. that the lowerperforated end of this link or arm will rest completely within saidrecess, thus allowing the notched flanges of plate E" to come in directcontact with and fit into the notches of the inner rose-plate, E.

. By loosening the thumb-nut i of bolt 9, plate E" may be adjusted inits relation to plate I and it follows that when arm D is insertedintoreeess 71. the angle or pitch of this arm, in its relation to beamsO and the tongue A, may be adjusted or regulated at will, and the armsecured in any given position by tightening the thumb-nut i.

There are, of course, two pairs of rose-plates, E E, two. links, I) I),and two wedge-plates,

:d (1-, one on each side, or for eaehof the beams of tongue A; but asboth of these sets are constructed and operate precisely alike, the

description of one will suffice, and from the foregoing the operation ofthis part of my invention will be readily understood.

To throw the seat forward and upward, which it is desirable to do when agrown person is riding the cultivatorfor the purpose of balancing thetongue more evenly and also raising the seat a proper distance from thebeamsto allow the operator a better and easier motion of his legs inoperating the beams and shoyels -thumb-nut i is loosened, and arm D,with E", is turned in a forward direction. (To the: left in thedrawings.)

To: lower the seat and throw it farther back of the axle, as when a boyis riding and manipulating the machine, arms D and plates E are turnedin the opposite direction, or to the rear of the machine. Thisadjustment may be further facilitated by means of the perforations f andbolts 9, which admit of lengthening and shortening of arms D, and,consequently, lowering or raising the seat.

I F are curved standards secured upon axle B, one on each side. Theupper part of each of these standards is bent or doubled so as totbrmaca nl into whichis inserted a sheave, It, pivoted on a bolt, I. Tothe inner ends of the sheave-caps F, and secured thereto by the nuts onthe pivot-bolts I, which project out through the caps, are attixed theends of a V-shaped brace, G, the lower end or middle of which is securedupon the middle of the axle by a bolt, m. t'prig'hts F have each aseries of perforations, n n u, to receive a pin, 0, one of whichprojects from the inner face of each of the handles II II, pivoted ontongue A, and the handles are forced against the standards 1* by springsl I, which throw pins 0 into the holes of said standards, so that thehandles by which the beams and shovels may be raised or lowered may beoperated and adjusted in any given position independent of each other.To keep springs I in position, they may either be provided with apertb1*atio11,p, near the rear end, through which passes a pin, 1inserted into the outer face of each handle, or they may be passedthrough a staple or keeper on the handle, which will answer the samepurpose, viz., retain, springs l in their proper positions upon thehandles.

The beams Ix K, carrying the shovels L, are pivoted at the ends ofdownward-proiecting brackets )I in the usual manner, and may be raisedor lowered by rods 1 I, which connect with chains s a passing over thesheaves I: and down to the handles, to which they are secured. Itfollows that by depressing the handles the beams and shovels are raisedor elevated, while by raising the handles and adjusting them in one ofthe upper holes in the standards, in the manner described, the beams arelowered.

In order to keep the beams at the proper distance from each other, aswell as to regulate this distance, I employthesway-bars N N, each ofwhich consists of a tlat bar, curved slightly at its top, where it isperforated and hung upon a hook or staple, t, pro ecting from thestandard I These sway-bars are united by a cross-bar, 0, provided with aseries of perforations at each end, through which pass the pins or bolts1: u by which the cross-bar O is secured upon the sway-bars. The lowends of these are inserted through keepers I 1 secured upon the beams,so that the sway-bars will not interfere with the free up-and-downmotion of the beams. The distance between the beams may be regulated byadjusting the bolts 11 u in the holes in the ends of cross-bar O, andthe sway-bars being hung upon the hooks t I, will in nowise obstruct thefree lateral motion of the beams and shovels.

Upon the top of each of the beams K K, near the rear end, is secured bybolts, screws. or in any other suitable manner, a slotted plate, R, inwhich slides the dovetailed head S of the adjustable foot piece T, whichmay be secured in any given position upon plate R by tightening down thejam-nut 10. Instead of dovetailing the slot in plate R, as in Fig. 3,the top of the beam under the plate may be provided with a groove orrecess to accommodate the sliding head S. By this arrangement the footpieces T T may be adjusted upon their respective beams by moving themforward or back, as occasion may require, to fit a longlegged orshort-legged person riding the eultivator, or they may be adjusted withreference to the seat, according to whether this is thrown forward orback, so that the foot-pieces shall always be within convenient reach ofthe drivers feet.

Having thusdescrihcd myinvcntion, I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the lnited States-- 1. As an improvement inriding-cultivators, the combination of the tongue A, having adjustablerose-plates I) I E E connecting arms I) 1), and pivoted convergingseat-bars (l carrying the seat 0, whereby the throw and elevation of theseat may both be regulated, substantially as and for the purpose hereinshown and described.

1.. The combination, with the flanged roseplates 1' I, of the arms I)I), having pert'tr rations f, bolts 1 1 rose-plates E E, having recessesI: I: and thumb-nuts i a, substantially as and for the purpose hereinshown and set forth.

3. The combination of the adjustable arms I) I), flanged wedge-plates d(1, bolts c c, and pivoted converging seat-arms U, substantially as andfor the purpose hercinbetbre set forth.

4. The combination of the pivoted cultivator-beams K K, having keepers 1I, hinged sway-bars N N, perforated cross-bar t), and adjusting-bolts u11, substantially as and for the purpose herein shown and described.

.7. The combination of the slotted plates It, adjustable foot-pieces Thaving heads S, and jam-nuts u, substantially as and for the purposeherein shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afiixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

W ll'll llt (i. 13A RN ES.

\Y itnesses:

WILLIAu HARM-1s, ALLEN l). lhu'ox.

